Peter Gregory Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, filed a petition, but the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal found it to be seriously flawed and irreparable on Wednesday in Abuja.In a ruling on several objections against the petition, the tribunal struck out several paragraphs of the petition for being vague, incompetent, inconsistent, nebulous, and self-contradictory.In the ruling delivered by Justice Abba Mohammed, Obi’s petition was said...

It was an unexpected shocked for the Labour Party/Peter Obi legal team as the Presidential Election Tribunal Petition today in Abuja strikes out one of Peter Obi's Petition against the election of President Tinubu.Peter Obi has argued that Tinubu's running mate, Kasim Shetimma was not qualified to contest as at the point of his nomination, because he was the Borno central senatorial candidate, and therefore, he flawed the double nomination rule.However the court rul...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has told the presidential election petition court to throw out an application filed by the Labour Party, LP, and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, seeking to have the proceedings televised.Levy Ozoukwu, counsel to Obi and LP, told journalists after the pre-hearing session on Wednesday that INEC opposed their application for a live broadcast.Ozoukwu said, “Surprisingly, INEC is objecting.“A public institution...